Medicated chewing-gum



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GUY KING, OF ATLANTA, AND CHARLES G. ADSIT, OF TALLULAIH FALLS, GEORGIA.

MEDICA'IED CHEWING-GUM.

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To all whom it may concern."

Be it known that we, GUY KING, a citizen of the United States, residinat Atlanta, in the county of Fulton and tate of Georgyia, and CHARLES G.Ansir, a citizen of the mted States, residing at Tallulah Falls, in thecounty of Rabun and State of Georgia, have invented a new and'usefulMedicated Chewing-Gum, of which the following is a specification.

The object of our invention is to incorporate into chewing um a compoundhaving antiseptic and germicidal properties and so treat the mixturethat the antiseptic and germicide will not deteriorate or be lost beforethe gum is masticated. Also that when the saliva of the mouth comes incontact with the substances incorporated with the gum, certaingermicidals will be liberated that act as a germicide on whateverbacteria may be in the mouth at the time of mastication.

A further object of the invention is to use compounds in the mixturesufliciently concentrated as not to give an undesirable taste to thegum.

Our compound consists of the substances known as the chloroamingroup,preferably paratoluene sodium sulfo chloroamin; this substance, orone of the chloroamins properly incorporated with the ordinary chewinggum mixture. This substance may be incorporated directly with theordinary chewing gum mixture or by first making a solution of thechloroamin in thymol, then mixing with chlorinated paraflin orchlorinated paraffin oil and incorporating with the ordinary chewing gummixture.

In preparing our mixture, we prefer to Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed March 12, 1921.

Patented Nov. 8, 1921.

Serial No. 451,771.

have the final ingredients so that there will be one thousand, (1000)parts of the chewing gum to five (5) parts or less of the chloroamin.

This mixture so far as now understood, seems to have the roperty ofbeing a stable mixture holding clilorin, but when brought in contactwith the saliva of the mouth, the chlorin gas is liberated, and it, inconnection with the other substances present, act as an antiseptic,germicide and dentifrice.

We claim 1. A medicated chewing gum comprising the ordinary chewing gumingredients and having incorporated therein a chloroamin.

2. A medicated chewing gum comprising the ordinary chewing gum and oneor more of the chloroamins in about the proportion of one thousand 1000)parts'of the former to five (5) arts, or less, of the latter.

3. A me icated chewing gum comprising the ordinary chewing gum, carryinga compound which releases chlorin on coming in contact with the salivaof the mouth.

4. A medicated chewing gum comprising the ordinary chewing um carryinga, chloroamin dissolved in tiiymol.

5. A medicated chewing gum comprising the ordinary chewing gum and oneof the chloroamins which will ordinarily hold the chlorin but which oncoming into contact with the saliva of the mouth liberates chlorin andother substances which in turn acts as an antiseptic, germicide anddentifrice.

In testimony whereof, we have hereunto set our hands this 10 day ofMarch 1921.

GUY KING. CHAS. G. ADSIT.

